Networking two buildings

[willisbr]

Thanks for having me!

 

I have a networking solution I'm trying to solve.

 

My main business is expanding to another building across the street, about 300 feet away.  I desire to have both sites on the same LAN and phone network.  Boring under the road with hardline connections will be too costly and the county prohibits arial wiring.

 

So the solution I'm needing guidance is in the area of a wireless tunnel, possibly ethernet extenders, etc.

 

I have about 15 workstations at my main building and expect about another 10 at the new building.  We have an ESI analog phone system that I believe is capable of upgrading/adding VOIP phones...but I would prefer to keep all analog so I can keep the costs of phone-sets down.

 

My assumption is to use ethernet extenders to pull the LAN from the main site to the new building, and feed another switch, which will feed the LAN ports throughout.  I need a referral for the best product to accomplish this.  Also, I'm wondering how I will bring over the phone through this tunnel if possible.

 

Any help and links would be appreciated!

 

Brian

[factorialandha]

maybe something like 

 

https://www.ubnt.com/airfiber/airfiber24/

 

LTT did a review of them, seemed to be ok.

 

P.S there are different models to look at.

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, factorialandha said:

maybe something like 

 

https://www.ubnt.com/airfiber/airfiber24/

 

LTT did a review of them, seemed to be ok.

Yeah, This is the video:

 

 

5 minutes ago, willisbr said:

Thanks for having me!

 

I have a networking solution I'm trying to solve.

 

My main business is expanding to another building across the street, about 300 feet away.  I desire to have both sites on the same LAN and phone network.  Boring under the road with hardline connections will be too costly and the county prohibits arial wiring.

 

So the solution I'm needing guidance is in the area of a wireless tunnel, possibly ethernet extenders, etc.

 

I have about 15 workstations at my main building and expect about another 10 at the new building.  We have an ESI analog phone system that I believe is capable of upgrading/adding VOIP phones...but I would prefer to keep all analog so I can keep the costs of phone-sets down.

 

My assumption is to use ethernet extenders to pull the LAN from the main site to the new building, and feed another switch, which will feed the LAN ports throughout.  I need a referral for the best product to accomplish this.  Also, I'm wondering how I will bring over the phone through this tunnel if possible.

 

Any help and links would be appreciated!

 

Brian

The video above will show you one of the products you can get.  

[factorialandha]

as for your telecoms issue, that will be a different kind of issue, im really not sure if theres any kind of wireless options for that

 

Unless you can get an analogue to VOIP converter and place one at either side ? 

 

http://www.tccomm.com/Fiber-Optic-Products/default.aspx/Multiplexers-Extenders/Phone-Extenders/56/TC1910?gclid=CNCH56PXqq8CFWeFQAod7FZhYQ

 

maybe ? after a quick google i found the above, but no experience with anything like this. VOIP would be easier obviously

 

 

[AvocadosGuac]

Look into 3cx for the VOIP. you could get 2 internet connections at each building and use a vpn from firewall to firewall bridging the network, but is more cost prohibitive than below

29 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

 

 

 

[brwainer]

If you have unblocked line of site between the two buildings, also consider https://mikrotik.com/product/wireless_wire - it can keep a 1Gb link stable at over 100m (120-160m is what people get in testing).

[leadeater]

Other option is just talk to your ISP and see if they offer private VLAN services and just get them to provide a virtual wire between the buildings.